Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor.  Washington: West of the 
Cascades.  Vol. II.  Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.  p. 
573-574.

	HENRI L. PETIT, M.D.:  Dr. Henri L. Petit, a prominent 
physician and surgeon of Chehalis, was born on the 21st of June, 
1878, in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, a son of August and Mary 
(Sticklin) Petit.  The father was a native of France and the mother 
was born in America of Swiss descent.  August Petit died in 1907, 
but his wife is still living at their old home in Pennsylvania.  In their 
family were five children, of whom the Doctor is the third in order 
of birth.
	Dr. Petit began his education in the public schools of his 
native state and later attended Phillips Academy at Andover, 
Massachusetts, and the Ballou and Hobigand private preparatory 
school at Boston.  With a good general knowledge as a foundation 
for his professional training he entered the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons at Boston, from which he was graduated with the 
degree of M.D. in 1907.  He also took one year's post graduate 
work at Harvard and thus well fitted for his chosen calling he came 
to Chehalis, Washington, in 1908.  Here he has practiced 
continuously since and has met with marked success, being 
regarded as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the city.
	In Centralia, Doctor Petit was united in marriage to Miss 
Elnore Nelson, a daughter of Chris Nelson, a well known market 
man of Centralia.  The Doctor has always affiliated with the 
republican party and he served as county and state medical societies 
and also belongs to the American Medical Association and the 
American Public Health Association.  He has taken the thirty-second 
degree in the Masonic order at Olympia and is a member of the 
Shrine at Tacoma, besides which he belongs to the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the 
Rebekahs, the Modern Woodmen, the Woodmen of the World, the 
Eagles and the Knights of Pythias.  He is a member of Chehalis 
Commercial Club and is deeply interested in the health officer of 
Chehalis for three years.  He is an honored member of the 
development and prosperity of his adopted city.  the success that he 
has attained in his profession is all the more creditable as it is due 
entirely to his own efforts, for he made his own way through school 
and has been dependent upon his own resources for many years.


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